Public Address 10 April 2012 - The Very Worst

Public Address 10 April 2012 - The consultancy
surge the government seems determined to
ignore

The Very Worst9:13 Apr 10,
2012 in Hard News by Russell Brown 0To be fair, the
launch of a new Wellington branch of the Howard League for
Penal Reform earlier this month was not a sexy headline
story. But nonetheless, at least two national news
organisations indicated they would attend the event…http://publicaddress.net/hardnews/the-very-worst/

Some
of My Best Friends are Consultants2:19 Apr 10, 2012
in OnPoint by Keith Ng 4One of the prevailing criticisms
of the Government’s Capping regime is that it forces
departments to lay off staff, only to rehire them as
consultants (and after paying out their redundancy). But is
it true? The most comprehensive source of…http://publicaddress.net/onpoint/some-of-my-best-friends-are-consultants/

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